Presidential Hunt
Learn from Lincoln, Live Like Lincoln
1. He was the only President to be elected
four times.
b. _________________________
10. Andrew Jackson was the first president born
in a _____.
a. _________________________
2. He was born in 1809.
a. _________________________
11. This President was taught by his wife how to read
and write.
3. He was the first President.
a. _________________________
4. He had a wife named Mamie.
a. _________________________
5. He was the first President to have a father
who was also President
a. _________________________
6. He was the only President to serve two
non-consecutive terms (two terms not one
right after the other).
a. _________________________
7. He was the first President to live in
Washington D.C.
a. _________________________
8. He was the youngest President at the time
he took office.
a. _________________________
9. He was the only President unanimously
elected (no one ran against him)
a. _________________________
a. _________________________
12. He was the only President forced to resign (give
up the presidency).
a. _________________________
13. He had a wife named Dolley.
a. _________________________
14. He was killed while riding in an automobile in
Dallas in 1963.
a. _________________________
15. Who became President when Franklin Roosevelt
died?
a. _________________________
16. One of the two years in which we had three
Presidents in one year.
a. _________________________
17. The other year in which there were three
Presidents in one year.
a. _________________________
18. He was the first President to die in office (while
serving as President).
a. _________________________
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19. When Reagan became President, hostages were
released after being held for 444 days in what
country?
a. _________________________
20. He lived in a town named New Salem.
a. _________________________
21. Taft was the only President to be____ of the
Supreme Court.
b. _________________________
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22. This President left office when there was a Great
Depression.
a. _________________________
23. Said, “I may not have made as great a President as
some other man…” (see card marked, “Some
Presidents on the Presidency.”)
a. _________________________
24. Lincoln was the 16th President, Clinton was the
____ President.
a. _________________________
25. He was the U.S. President at the time when the
Civil War began in 1861.
a. _________________________
26. He was the first President elected in the 21st
century (his father was President in the 20th
century).
a. _________________________
White House in 1860
Bonus: These are not mentioned in the Hall of
Presidents. Worth one point each.
1. Three Presidents lived at one point in their lives
in Illinois. Who were they?
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
a. _________________________
2. On August 27, 1853, what man who later became
President christened a town with the juice of a
watermelon?
a. _________________________
For more information on the history of the United States presidents look for A
Respect for the Office: Letters from the Presidents by Ron Keller & Tara
Hennessy in the Lincoln Heritage Museum Gift Shop.